One Point of Controversy Between the United States and Mexico

question 42

Multiple Choice

One point of controversy between the United States and Mexico in 1845──1846 included the

• A) damage claims by Mexican citizens against the American government.
• B) immigration of Mormons into Mexican territory.
• C) migration of Mexicans into Louisiana and Arkansas.
• D) refusal of the Mexican government to receive Polk's envoy, John Slidell.
• E) American plans to build a canal in Panama.